The cavum septi pellucidi: Why is it important?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-444

  Winter, Thomas C ^a,b   Kennedy, Anne M ^a   Byrne, Jan ^a   Woodward, Paula J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavum septi pellucidi; Corpus callosum; Prenatal diagnosis; Prosencephalon; Sonography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; CAVUM SEPTI PELLUCIDI; CORPUS CALLOSUM; NORMAL VARIANTS; OBSTETRIC SONOGRAPHY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSENCEPHALON; WIDE SPECTRUM;

BRAIN;

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 77949849919     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.3.427     Document Type: Review

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